Citizens Receiving Food Aid from Federal Gov't Now Outnumber Full-Time Private Sector Worker (wages, Obama)

[All American NYC]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that a total of 101,000,000 people currently participate in at least one of the 15 food programs offered by the agency, at a cost of $114 billion in fiscal year 2012. That means the number of Americans receiving food assistance has surpassed the number of full-time private sector workers in the U.S.

Democrats can't understand economics.

[shooting4life]

Sometimes I think I'm a sucker for working. I really should just get on the dole.

[alphamale]

obama's "fundamental change of America" is in full swing!

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Democrats can't understand economics.

This is hardly all the Democrats fault.

[EmeraldCityWanderer]

••47% of beneficiaries were children under age 18.
••8% were age 60 or older.
••41% lived in a household with earnings from a job — the so-called "working poor."
••The average household received a monthly benefit of $287.
••36% were white (non-Hispanic), 22% were African American (non-Hispanic) and 10% were Hispanic.

If all of those kids, elderly, and working poor would just die...we could get rid of all those moochers.

[All American NYC]

Originally Posted by pknopp

This is hardly all the Democrats fault.

Your right its Obama's alone.

[EmeraldCityWanderer]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Your right its Obama's alone.

Yep, obviously no one was getting food assistance before Obama was president.

Food stamps were a program started in 2009

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by EmeraldCityWanderer

••41% lived in a household with earnings from a job — the so-called "working poor."

Many of whom work for Wal*Mart and similar employers whose practice of paying sub-living wages to their employees is universally beloved by cons.

[Californian34]

maybe the private sector should hire more full time employees. maybe less people would need public assistance. and maybe republicans shouldn't have made it their mission to destroy public sector jobs.

[chielgirl]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Democrats can't understand economics.

And how many of those receiving food aid are minors?